Weekly Flylady Thread 14th May 2012

Dustykitten

Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.

There are 3 levels per day with Level 1 being very basic, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.

Every room comes back around next week so please don’t stress about catching up

These lists are only suggestions and not a must do list; you are more than welcome to post and follow your own lists.

Also adding a declutter mission each day will help to gradually clear the clutter and make flying easier.

A few of the basics before we start the week

Hotspots are areas where if one thing gets put there, loads of other things follow!

Daily routines are anything you need to do on a daily basis like washing, swish and swipe kitchen and bathroom, ironing, making beds, vacuuming high traffic areas, making meals etc.

Night-time routines are all things which make getting ready in the morning easier, preparing clothes for the next day, making lunches, swish & swipes of the kitchen and tidying the living room before you go to bed plus personals like shower/brush teeth etc.

Fling Boogie - stick on some loud music, grab a bin bag and whiz around the house finding items that can go out with the rubbish, recycling, for charity shop, basically anything that will stop it cluttering your home.

Swish and swipe/S&S means have a quick wipe over an area such as a sink or toilet to prevent the build up of dirt. This is usually done on a daily basis

HHE/HHC/HHI Half Hour exercise/challenge/ironing ... run around for 30 minutes to the Benny Hill music frantically cleaning exercising or ironing.. other music may be used if you prefer!

Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide

Ok here goes this week!

Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors
Clear a hotspot
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink and drains
Empty and clean out your bins!
Dust hard to reach places

Declutter Mission
Sort a drawer


Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Clean the downstairs loo and basin
Level 3
Clean the mantel or coffee table, re home things that don’t belong here
Wipe and water plants
Wash any throw, curtains, cushion covers

Declutter Mission:
Newspapers, magazines, leaflets, shopping catalogues sort and recycle



Wednesday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level 1
Clean floors in these rooms
Level 2
Clean baths, sinks and toilets
Clear any clutter from desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level 3
Wash your bathroom mats and shower curtains etc
HHI
Clean the mirrors

Declutter mission:

Spend HH dealing with Paperwork, filing and shredding

Thursday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Strip the bed linen and wash and replace
Level 2
Clear some floor then hoover it
Dust any flat surfaces
Remove the piles of stuff on the landing
Level 3
Have some me time – soak your feet and read a magazine etc
Do any mending, sew on buttons etc
Look up, any cobwebs, remove them

Declutter mission:
Sort towels, bedlinen etc, any that you don't need rehome, recycle, give to vets

Friday - all those things you have been putting off!
Either do your own list or here are some ideas
Level 1
HH tidying, decluttering in your Room of Doom
Level 2
Hoover anywhere in need
S&S bathrooms
HH Paperwork
Level 3
Change any beds in need
HH Ironing
Clean a window or two

Declutter mission
Clean out any rubbish from your car, remove those winter supplies and anything else adding weight (and using petrol). Give it a hoover and clean

[Deleted User]

Can't believe im the first, thanks very much for the lists, im as usual in. Have a nice evening - creeps off to do kitchen

Dontknowanymore

Thank you, I will be lurking more than posting, but still here! x

mooomin

I'm in!

Monday - kitchen and dining room

Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors
Clear a hotspot
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink and drains
Empty and clean out your bins!

Extras
Clean the microwave :eek: All ideas about how to remove LOTS of caked on microwave-grime will be appreciated

Declutter Mission
[STRIKE]Sort a drawer[/STRIKE] I did this last week I might think about tidying under the sink, but I promise nothing!

hex2

I am mostly in,work permitting.

flying-fresian the old trick of lemon juice or a lemon half in some water, microwave for a couple of minutes then wipe it out works quite well.

dusty, cat is fine thanks for asking, adores DH - constant companions. he is busy with a complex presentation tonight so she has had to make do with me much to her disgust, keeps sneaking off to find him.

froddington

I'm in again - thanks Dusty :A

Still sorting and decluttering but getting there slowly! Today's effort was rather hampered by the exciting Grand Prix and the even more exciting end to the Premiership season!

Kitchen has been started though as I made a bit of a mess cooking dinner!

Monday - kitchen

Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors

Level three
Clean the kitchen sink and drains
Empty and clean out your bins!
Dust hard to reach places

Declutter Mission
Sort a drawer

gunsandbanjos

I'm in, my kitchen needs a good clean again after DH (Not sure D stands for darling right now!) antics yesterday!

Dustykitten

Given up on ebay for the minute, so slow.

Need to get grotbags into bed and do the ironing. I'm invigilating tomorrow so not flying until the afternoon. My floor is mopped though

Goodintentions

Hello :wave: I am sort of in this week, after going awol again thanks Dusty for the list.

Today I have done 3 loads in WM, all dried on the line :j DH has even ironed some of it :T I cooked a roast dinner, made soup for tomorrows lunch (as I won't have time tomorrow), and prepared some pureed carrot for bubba to try tomorrow. I have also walked the dog (with DS), and bought some compost on the way as we ran out. Unfortunately, I had asked DS to fill up some big pots with compost, to plant the peppers & beans in, and it wasn't until he had used it up that I realised it was ericeaceous (sp?) DH bought it (I had told him to get a bag of topsoil for the veggie bed - he has much to learn!). Oh well. I am now thinking I may go out & buy a blueberry to put in the pot instead, so I don't waste it DH cut the grass as well.

Not too bad, except I was supposed to spend the day studying I had better get back to it. I may post a list later, although it consists mainly of work & study

ajmoney

So this feels quite weird, looking at the list and knowing I don't need to do it all. I have my own list at the top that need doing by Wednesday morning. I have also put in italics the things I am expecting the cleaner to do, if she hasn't done the other cleaning bits then I will do them towards the end of the week.

I plan to use my spare time to do a lot more exercise as I am doing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge with my dad at the beginning of exercise and want to get fit enough to enjoy it.

[FONT=&quot]AREAS/THINGS LEFT TO SORT BY BEDTIME ON TUESDAY
Tops of bedside drawer units
Chest unit and area around it in living room
Surface in utility room
Cleaning cupboard in utility room[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Ironing[/FONT]
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Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors
Clear a hotspot
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink and drains
Empty and clean out your bins!
Dust hard to reach places
Declutter Mission
Sort a drawer

bossymoo

Thanks DK, I'm in.

Also need to:
Strip bedroom wallpaper,
Take up carpet,
Bit of sanding,
Locate paint and check supplies

Didn't take carpet up yet as mum is staying tomorrow night so will put the air bed in. Looks loads bigger without the cupboards.

FF, to clean a grotty microwave, you could try putting a plastic jug with a bit of water and a cloth in, and nuking for 5 min till it boils and steams. some lemon juice or half a lemon helps too, with smells and degreasing. Using rubber gloves, use the cloth to clean inside whilst still hot and steamy. Might take a couple of attempts if it's really bad. If in doubt, get the stardrops out, lol

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